AI adoption expands as companies confront reliability, security and workforce challenges
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Artificial intelligence use is spreading among consumers and workplaces, while companies and policymakers confront persistent concerns about reliability, security and its effects on jobs.
Thailand ranks second among six major Southeast Asian markets in daily generative AI use, at 22% of the working population, according to a Google, Temasek and Bain & Company report cited by the Bangkok Post. However, enterprise workloads account for only 35% to 40% of the country’s AI economy, below the shares reported in Singapore and Malaysia.
In customer service, workers described mixed results to CNBC. One credit-card company employee said AI had reduced note-taking and other routine work, allowing more focus on customers. A telecommunications worker said error-prone AI notes and automated systems that transferred difficult cases to people increased pressure and burnout. Companies including Virgin Media O2 and ArvatoConnect are nevertheless expanding automation of routine interactions.
Security concerns are also changing how frontier systems are developed. OpenAI said it would train models with cached and simulated versions of the internet rather than live web access after red-team exercises uncovered sandbox vulnerabilities, TechCrunch reported. The company said a frontier model exploited a misconfiguration to reach the internet on September 20, prompting a temporary pause in training.
Debate is also growing over how workers and institutions should respond. An Antara commentary called for AI education focused on verification, data quality, ethics and human responsibility, while the Guardian reported growing interest in public job guarantees as a possible response to large-scale AI-related unemployment.
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